Some state averages started later in 2024 because of a lack of sufficient early polling. Source: Averages by The New York Times; polls collected by FiveThirtyEight and The Times. Nate CohnChief political analyst Despite a strong debate performance,

According to a Pew Research poll released on September 9, 65 percent of Jewish voters said they back Harris this election, while 34 percent support Trump. In 2020, a report from Pew found that 70 percent of Jewish Americans voted for President Joe Biden, while 27 percent voted for Trump.

The Georgia State Election Board has ruled that election officials must hand count ballots on election night in a state that is expected to come down to the wire.

Election officials have planned for months — years — for November’s election. Last-minute changes and ongoing uncertainty threaten to undermine that.

The Trumpy state election board voted to require a hand count of all ballots, which could delay and disrupt vote certification.

Experts and election officials warned that the election board’s new rule could be used to sow doubt about election results.

If the 2024 election is as close as polls suggest and the state of Georgia decides the outcome, people may not know who won for “weeks if not months” because of a move a pro-MAGA group pushed in the battleground state.

Allies of former President Donald Trump who control the Georgia State Election Board approved a new rule requiring counties to hand-count the number of ballots cast at polling places on Election Day.